Thursday, December 06, 2007

Baby Updates

The photo above is of Jess and Annie. Jess is caring for Annie in Haiti and is currently volunteering with Maranatha Children's Home. Isaac looked at Annie for a long time this morning. He said, "You mean she is to me like Phoebe is to Hope? The same BIRF-mother?" He might be getting it now. Even if he cannot pronounce "birth" correctly.

Thanks to Leslie Rolling for getting this photo for Matt and Tina yesterday. :) Leslie - we will re-pay you with an Ipod. We're that generous.

Lydia Beth went in for her two month check-up this morning. She is exactly nine weeks old today. She was supposed to get immunizations but because we learned she has an ear infection we need to put that off a couple of weeks. It explains some grouchy behavior over the last many days but she is not running a fever so I had no idea. :( Sad! I feel bad.

Anyway, she is up to 11 lbs and 2 oz and is 22" long. She looks just like her daddy and her big brother. And she has huge biceps.

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Who we are...

To Reach Us: Livesayfamily@gmail.com - We live, learn, love, & work in Port au Prince, Haiti. In the 13 years we've been here, one thing we've learned: God is not made manifest in our ability to "fix" or heal, but in our need to be healed. Recognizing this weakness leaves us in a position of having little to offer. It reveals our own need to be restored. We are not fixers of people or things. We are here trying to extend love and grace to others, the way it has been extended to us.

May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships - so that we may live deep within our hearts. May God bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people - so that we may work for justice, freedom, and peace. May God bless us with tears to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger, and war - so that we may reach out our hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy. And may God bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in the world - so that we can do what others claim cannot be done, to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor. Amen. (Franciscan Benediction)

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